Quotes About Effort

I know there are no guarantees of winning and the only thing we have is to work on chances. If you want guarantees buy a washing machine.

There's no guarantee of winning, even if you are the best players and the best team.

We have to do everything that we possibly can to get back to winning the Premier League. We are not successful until we do. Second is not success, we have to win the Premier League.

You always work toward a big goal. Once you achieved it, it's not that easy. You need a few days. Like winning the Champions League - season over, goal achieved. The pressure drops.

I'm all about winning. I'm not about numbers.

I really try to avoid looking at or thinking about my stats because I'm just trying to do my part in winning games.

Not winning and those types of things are difficult. There is no doubt. You can't say they are not.

Sport's hard: the margin between winning and losing is tiny.

The whole spirit of 'Eddie The Eagle' is that it's the taking part that counts, not the winning.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.

Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Stanley Cups, scoring big goals, going into battle every night side by side with my teammates, playing with every ounce of effort I could muster.

As years go by, chances of winning here are getting slimmer. That's just a matter of fact. It does get tougher, but it's possible, there's a tiny little chance.

I just want to go out there and do what I can do, contribute in the ways that I can. Whether I get exposure or not, it's about winning.

The big thing is to make a winning effort. I'm not obsessed with wins.

If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?

You take wins where you can get them because they're not easy to come by. You win at the major-league level, and you've done something.

Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered... the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith... All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.

Offense is great, but defense wins championships.

The line between winning and losing is very thin, and wins give you prestige, stability, and continuity.

I played a ton of team sports growing up, and team wins are just incredibly gratifying.

If you're not out there taking some risks, if you're just coasting along with your wins, then you're not really trying.

That's the great thing about sports: You play to win, and I don't care if you don't have any wins. You go play to win. When you start telling me it doesn't matter, then retire. Get out. 'Cause it matters.

I come from the 49er, where there is a high error rate in the sailing but the best sailor still wins, and that's why I'm attracted to these kind of boats.